| natural infection of bats with leishmania in ethiopia. | the leishmaniases, a group of diseases with a worldwide-distribution, are caused by different species of leishmania parasites. both cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis remain important public health problems in ethiopia. epidemiological cycles of these protozoans involve various sand fly (diptera: psychodidae) vectors and mammalian hosts, including humans. in recent years, leishmania infections in bats have been reported in the new world countries endemic to leishmaniasis. the aim of this study ... | 2015 | 26232657 |
| nuclear organization of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic and serotonergic systems in the brains of five microchiropteran species. | the current study describes, using immunohistochemical methods, the nuclear organization of the cholinergic, catecholaminergic and serotonergic systems within the brains of five microchiropteran species. for the vast majority of nuclei observed, direct homologies are evident in other mammalian species; however, there were several distinctions in the presence or absence of specific nuclei that provide important clues regarding the use of the brain in the analysis of chiropteran phylogenetic affin ... | 2010 | 20566329 |
| histological convergent evolution of the accessory submandibular glands in four species of frog-eating bats. | the accessory submandibular glands in four species of bats were examined by electron microscopy. these four species represent two independently evolved lineages. the fringe-lipped bat, trachops cirrhosis, is a neotropical phyllostomid species, whereas the false vampire bats of southeast asia, megaderma lyra and m. spasma, and the heart-nosed bat, cardioderma cor, of east africa are megadermatid species. these glands show extreme deviation from typical salivary gland histology: their secretory en ... | 1996 | 8874090 |